Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call Contents 0. Introduction ............................................................................. 3 1. Applications and funded projects by funding instrument and research council ....................................................................... 3 2. Applications and funded projects by organisation ....................... 4 3. Applications and funded projects by disciplinary group .............. 4 4. Applications and funded projects by funding instrument and gender of applicant ................................................................... 4 5. Applications and funded projects by funding instrument and nationality of applicant ............................................................. 5 6. Rating distribution by funding instrument ................................. 5 7. Academy Projects: Average funding per project by organisation .. 5 8. Reviewers by country of their organisation ................................ 6 9. Tables and figures ..................................................................... 7 Appendix table. Disciplinary classification ............................................ 19 Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call © Academy of Finland 2021 | 2 0. Introduction • This statistics document describes the funding statistics on the applications submitted to and the researchers and projects funded in the Academy of Finland’s September 2020 call. The funding instruments include Postdoctoral Researchers, Academy Research Fellows, Academy Projects and Clinical Researchers. • A few applications that were not processed or reviewed are excluded from the application numbers. • Each table and figure is briefly described in chapters 1−8. The tables and figures are presented in chapter 9. • In most of the tables, the results of the September 2020 call are compared to the previous two calls in 2019 and 2018. In the tables, however, the years 2019–2021 refer to the years when the funding decisions were made. The calls were opened in the previous year. • In terms of Academy Projects, the data for 2019 (i.e. September 2018 call) include the call for Academy Projects and the call for Academy Projects by early-career researchers. By combining these calls for 2019, the data for 2019, 2020 and 2021 are comparable. • The total number of funded researchers and projects in 2021 may eventually slightly increase if research councils have funding left over from other calls and decide to fund Postdoctoral Researchers, Academy Research Fellows, Academy Projects or Clinical Researchers from the reserve list. • More information about the funding statistics is available from the Division of Strategic Planning and Analysis at the Academy of Finland. • The funding statistics on the September 2020 call were published in June 2021. • The material is available on the Academy of Finland’s website. 1. Applications and funded projects by funding instrument and research council • Tables 1.1–1.3 describe the number of applications, the number of funded researchers/projects and the success rate by research council (Biosciences, Health and the Environment; Culture and Society; Natural Sciences and Engineering) and funding instrument (Postdoctoral Researchers; Academy Research Fellows; Academy Projects) in 2019– 2021. Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call © Academy of Finland 2021 | 3 • In 2021, the research councils granted funding to 107 Postdoctoral Researchers (success rate 13%), 67 Academy Research Fellows (success rate 11%), and 211 Academy Projects with a total of 265 subprojects. The success rate for the Academy Projects was 15% (consortium subprojects have been counted as separate projects). 2. Applications and funded projects by organisation • Table 2 describes the number of applications, the number of funded projects and the success rate by organisation in 2019–2021. The data include Postdoctoral Researchers, Academy Research Fellows, Academy Projects and Clinical Researchers. In the data for Academy Projects, consortium subprojects have been counted as separate projects. • In the September 2020 call, the Academy of Finland received a total of 3,185 applications and the average success rate was 14%. 3. Applications and funded projects by disciplinary group • Table 3 describes the number of applications, the number of funded projects and the success rate by disciplinary group in 2019–2021. The data include Postdoctoral Researchers, Academy Research Fellows, Academy Projects and Clinical Researchers. In the data for Academy Projects, consortium subprojects have been counted as separate projects. • The disciplinary groups are based on the primary research field of the applications (see Appendix table for the detailed classification). • In the September 2020 call, the Academy of Finland received a total of 3,185 applications and the average success rate was 14%. 4. Applications and funded projects by funding instrument and gender of applicant • Table 4 describes the proportion of women among applicants (applications) and funded researchers or projects by funding instrument in 2019–2021. The totals include data in the following gender categories: female, male, other/prefer not to answer. In the data for Academy Projects, consortium subprojects have been counted as separate projects. • For Postdoctoral Researchers in 2021, women accounted for 46% of applicants and 48% of funding recipients. Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call © Academy of Finland 2021 | 4 • For Academy Research Fellows in 2021, women accounted for 42% of applicants and 40% of funding recipients. • For Academy Projects in 2021, women accounted for 34% of the applications and 36% of the funded projects. 5. Applications and funded projects by funding instrument and nationality of applicant • Table 5.1 describes the proportion of applications and funded Postdoctoral Researchers by nationality in 2019–2021. In 2021, foreign nationals accounted for 48% of applicants and 41% of funding recipients. • Table 5.2 describes the proportion of applications and funded Academy Research Fellows by nationality in 2019–2021. In 2021, foreign nationals accounted for 38% of applicants and 37% of funding recipients. • Table 5.3 describes the proportion of applications and funded Academy Projects by nationality in 2019–2021. In 2021, foreign nationals accounted for 17% of applications and 14% of funded projects. In the data, consortium subprojects have been counted as separate projects. 6. Rating distribution by funding instrument • Tables 6.1–6.3 describe the distribution of final ratings of applications (%) in the September 2020 call by funding instrument. The funding decisions were made in 2021. • The number of Academy Project applications reflects the total number of reviewed projects, not subprojects. • Applications were reviewed based on a scale from 6 (outstanding) to 1 (poor). In the data, the score is the overall rating of an application given by a panel of international experts, or the average of the overall ratings if the application was reviewed in more than one panel. The average of the ratings given by independent experts was used if the application was not reviewed in a panel. 7. Academy Projects: Average funding per project by organisation • Table 7 describes the number of funded projects, total funding and the average funding per funded Academy Project by organisation in Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call © Academy of Finland 2021 | 5 2019−2021. Consortium subprojects have been counted as separate projects. Academy Project funding is typically granted for four years. • In case the principal investigator has changed organisations, the granted funding by organisation is reported according to the original funding decision. • In the 2021 funding decisions, the average funding granted per project was around 427,881 euros. 8. Reviewers by country of their organisation • Table 8 and figure 1 describe the number of reviewers by country. Country refers to the country of the reviewer’s home organisation. • A total of 722 reviewers (of which 36% were women) from 31 countries participated in the review of applications submitted to the September 2020 call. • The total number of reviewers comprises 631 panel members and 91 independent experts. • Some of the 70 panels also reviewed applications that had been submitted to other calls than the ones included in the funding statistics on the September 2020 call. This slightly increases the total number of reviewers. • In the September 2020 call, the five most typical countries where the reviewers worked were the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Norway. Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call © Academy of Finland 2021 | 6 9. Tables and figures Table 1.1. Postdoctoral Researchers: Applications, funded researchers and success rate by research council in 2019–2021. Source: Academy of Finland. Applica- Applica- Applica- Funded Funded Funded Success Success Success Research tions in tions in tions in researchers researchers researchers rate in rate in rate in Council 2019 2020 2021 in 2019 in 2020 in 2021 2019 2020 2021 Biosciences, Health and the Environment 255 207 222 38 35 33 15% 17% 15% Culture and Society 249 235 267 38 31 30 15% 13% 11% Natural Sciences and Engineering 267 277 312 42 44 44 16% 16% 14% Total 771 719 801 118 110 107 15% 15% 13% Academy of Finland funding statistics on September 2020 call © Academy of Finland 2021 | 7 Table